Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since the 1960s? (2009)

Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by dinkumthinkum on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:05AM (#43009176)

I'm just being honest but I think you are missing an gigantic point here. Why would a Muslim terrorist not bomb the holiest place in Islam? That is basically your question. They already viewed the U.S. as infidels, the "Great Satan", or kuffaar (unbelievers), I don't see why its not obvious that someone like that would choose to attack the U.S. instead of Saudi Arabia.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by Muromec on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:10AM (#43009881)

But that's not how terrorism works. Terrorism works by inflicting pain on your adversary, not on random infidels half the world away.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by dinkumthinkum on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:53PM (#43020890)

What I wrote is exactly how terrorism works, for evidence, I submit the real world. Again, they aren't going to bomb Muslims in their holy land, I don't see how this would be surprising.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by whatshisface on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @09:10AM (#43012879)

There have been a huge number of terror attacks in SA. It's worthwhile to look this stuff up first because these theories are not always concordant with reality.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by dinkumthinkum on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:57PM (#43020912)

In fact, these theories comport quite well with reality. I'm aware of attacks in Saudi Arabia but there have been no attacks on Saudi Arabia of the scale of 9/11. Sure, there are attacks all over of the Middle East but not any of these large scale shocking attacks.

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